Laura Hensley

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• Posted Get Naked at Lunch with Figure Drawing Session [Art Preview] to Austinist
  Animators, fine artists, and anyone who appreciates the human form in all of its nude glory will whip out their easels and lumps of charcoal on Saturday from 1 to 4 pm for the first Naked Lunch figure drawing session at the United States Art Authority.
• Posted Photography Galley to Open in Downtown: L. Nowlin Gets Gritty/Grainy [Art Preview] to Austinist
  A brand new gallery dedicated completely to fine art photography will open its doors Saturday. The L. Nowlin Gallery will celebrate its opening from 6-8 p.m. with the debut of Mexico - a collection of black and white photos taken by local documentary photographer John Langmore.
• Posted A Minute of Your Time: 12:19 Project [Art Preview] to Austinist
  Slurping up tortilla soup during your lunch break or biking to the video store to return a couple of movies may seem like mundane moments, but a team of artists are depicting everyday moments as art in a new unique exhibit and online audio and video gallery, The 12:19 Project.
• Commented on Now We Can See: Perking Up With the Thermals [Coming to Town in May for Chaos in Tejas]
  I caught The Thermals at SXSW. They are pretty awesome....
• Posted Art Preview: Don't Bring Me Down, a Hypothetical Band for Fashion's sake to Austinist
  Struck by the lack of fashion sense that many Austin bands display, local fashion designer Rachel Fields decided to do something about it. So she created her own all-girl garage rock four-piece that oozes with 60s style. But there's one thing ... the band is fake. They'll never perform a real show, or record an album. Fields, and a collection of creative friends dreamed up the hypothetical Don't Bring Me Down band all for the sake of fashion.